Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Mike Fontanelli Sends Me Rude Pictures

Mike doesn't have his own blog, but he should, because he has such a sophisticated and unique view of the world. Eddie, Kali, Steve and I always try to convince this highly educated cartoonist to share his insights and clever observations with the rest of you but he refuses, so it's up to me to do it for him.I can just hear his eminence giggling like a high school girl as he send me these things.Mike studied literature in University by the way and has a deep understanding of the classic writers.

Please beg Mike to start his own blog and let him enrich your lives as he does ours.

MY DINO PUZZLES! Mike found them? I haven't seen them since I was a little squirt... wait a minnit ... John is right! Shame! Shame! I feel dirty! The shame! No wonder my Dino puzzles mysteriously disappeared one day, as well as all my warped Dino drawings. My parents, the prudes, were protecting me. Too late! Now I'm aroused by fat purple lizards with big pale noses and baby elephant attachments. Where's my spotted leopard skin suit? I've got a date with a snorkasaurus tonight!BTW, Kali, great commentary with John & Eddie commentary on Popeye DVDs! Why doesn't anyone use the stereoptic process in animation anymore, at least for fun. It's so amazing to look at, whether in grey or in color!

The modern world is a bunch of idiots (I think it's his favourite noun)

Anime sucks

Why remakes of classic cartoons suck (OR: his famous theory of a contest between the widows of Dr. Seuss and Jay Ward)

Learn to spell and use grammer correctly, idiots!

Old comics are infinitely better than new ones

Satire of highbrow culture (OR: Michael Barrier vs. Irony)

Mind you, I don't agree with everything he says but he's fascinating to read nonetheless. He has a suave, casual yet intelligent writing style that's fun to emulate. It features conversational sentence transitions which strengthen his sequential arguments (which he stacks like an impenetrable brick wall), show biz references and analogies, a slightly world weary tone that longs for the good old days, and, of course, a hilarious sense of humour. Whenever I'm trying got sound smarter than I am on blogger I imitate his writing style.

Start a blog, please, Mike! You can even make fun of my baggy pants! Going once... Going twice...

So anyway, I need help with Preston Blair shit. Can anybody who reads this who can already do it themselves stop by, skip to the bottom of my first post, watch the video, and tell me what in my process of drawing is hopelessly fucklered up? Then maybe John will go look and yell at me and that would make my day. :)

i hope you read this mike and decide to start posting on one of your 2 blogs you have empy! come one! you already have them! blog world is waiting for you! it would be great if you share some of your theories with us plus some of you incredible art!!we are all beging you!! bye

mikes made some of the funniest drawings ive ever seen. the power weasle and the gangster bull dog with the huge cigar and fedora cracks me up. Look in the theory corner if anyone wants to see some original cartoony characters. look for the post about mike

Gee, thanks to everyone (especially Jorge for his highly flattering analysis,) but it won't work.

The simple truth is - I just don’t see why the world needs another middle-aged misfit pondering the nuclear winter/train wreck that is modern culture.I can’t see it as beneficial for anyone, not even fellow square peg, sourpuss bastards like myself.

(As opposed to John and Eddie's blogs, which manage to be critical but ultimately positive. Mine would just be angry. Trust me.)

Recently I witnessed a fluffy-tailed youth at ASIFA (no names, please) turn into a full-scale Fred Mertz curmudgeon in just a matter of months, partly due to being exposed to my anti-social ranting!

My blog dashboard is really only there to keep other posters from pretending to be me. It'll remain inoperative until I find something positive to say about the current status quo, (or roughly until Hell freezes over. Any society that thinks Ryan Seacrest and Nicole Richie are worthy of celebrity just ain't for me.)

mike- if you make a blog maybe we can argue with you in the comments to try to point out the sunny side of life... or howabout just post some of your drawings! that would be proof enough that at least ALL of civilization is not in total decline!